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Beats Tones Down the Bass With its New Solo2 Headphones
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In this thread: people who have never owned a Beats product claiming to be audio professionals who claim that Beats are crap and that all other headphones are tuned flat and only Beats processes the sound in any way.
Keep it up. I'm loving it.
Keep it up. I'm loving it.
It's fascinating how haters complain about Beats having too much bass. Now they release a new product with less bass and without even trying the new headphones haters STILL complain. Pathetic.
Haters gonna hate!
(And now I will expand and say that I am just summarizing your comment and agreeing 100% with you. In other words, no matter what they did, people will still not be pleased.
I felt the need to add this explanation because the last time I said "haters gonna hate" I got PM'ed and warned by mods for name calling!)
So consider it $140 for the audio quality, $60 for the style. If you don't care about the style, there's plenty of other headphone companies that will give you a better sound for $200.
Finally ... a website I can get my Apple rumours AND my Beats rumours into a single point of access.
No more the inconvenience of checking two addresses to find out both .. its here .. its now .. its MacBeatRumors.com for me every time from now on.
When anyone asks me the common question "What are Apple doing in relation to Dr. Dre at the moment?" I can confidently reply without the embarrassing hesitation of swapping between sites .. its here .. its now .. its... MacBeatRumors ... at last .. a victory for common sense!
No more the inconvenience of checking two addresses to find out both .. its here .. its now .. its MacBeatRumors.com for me every time from now on.
When anyone asks me the common question "What are Apple doing in relation to Dr. Dre at the moment?" I can confidently reply without the embarrassing hesitation of swapping between sites .. its here .. its now .. its... MacBeatRumors ... at last .. a victory for common sense!
People say Apple users look like tools too, so can we stop judging people on how they spend their money?
(Also, the Jaybirds are pretty awesome).
You did read that Apple bought Beats, and are now under one company right? So what this billion dollar revenue headphone division does, affects Apple's bottom line, their earnings reports starting next year? I don't see what the problem is. This site always reports of a new product out of Apple. It is just strange because this is the first time they don't swallow the brand, and instead keep it separate.Finally ... a website I can get my Apple rumours AND my Beats rumours into a single point of access.
No more the inconvenience of checking two addresses to find out both .. its here .. its now .. its MacBeatRumors.com for me every time from now on.
When anyone asks me the common question "What are Apple doing in relation to Dr. Dre at the moment?" I can confidently reply without the embarrassing hesitation of swapping between sites .. its here .. its now .. its... MacBeatRumors ... at last .. a victory for common sense!
Heck, this site will report new products/acquisitions that come from Samsung, and Google. So why not this today?
Hmm no. Beats are actually pretty bad.
I've used tons of IEMS, full sized headphones from a wide range of brands and they all blow away the beats for the price. I've got a pair of Phillips full sized headphones that sound infinitely better than any full sized beats cans at a fraction of the price.
It has nothing to do with Dr Dre being a minority. You kidding? Beats have an obscene amount of bass and nothing else. Makes everything sound bloated. The highs aren't there. Soundstage and layering are nonexistent.
If beats sold at a reasonable price, it would make more sense. But for the obscene price you pay, you're getting a name brand. That's all.
Besides Beats is nothing more than a business strong armed from Monster. You should read about it on Rolling Stone. Monster actually makes decent earphones.
LOL, I guess we won't be seeing Beats speakers on HP laptops anymore.
They'll continue to make them through the end of 2014 and sell them through 2015, as per the terms of their agreement.
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/28/apple-beats-deal-ending-partnerships/
LOL, I guess we won't be seeing Beats speakers on HP laptops anymore.
They can use the name on new products released this year and sell them until the end of 2015.
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/28/apple-beats-deal-ending-partnerships/
Firstly, I'm confident enough to speak for most that you're completely wrong in your theory. For my own personal choices I don't care to buy any Celebrity-endorsed products because they are generally overpriced and will lack quality. Most of the money spent goes towards the celebrity, box and packaging. The customer gets all WOW'd up looking at such beautiful packaging only to be let down after seeing how poor the quality of the actual product inside is.
This has nothing to do with Dr. Dre, Rap music or any of the like. Maybe you haven't been checking out the Apple Store or Best Buy's headphone section and seeing ALL, not some, but ALL of the Beats headphones headbands cracked in half. They break easily. Dre charges $299 for the Beats Studio's. They feel clunky, cheap and the plastic snaps and breaks.
ALL, not some, but ALL of the Beats headphones use vinyl covered ear cups, especially their flagship Beats Pro which sells for $399-$449 which is INSANE especially when you can spend $399 and get a great pair of Bowers & Wilkins P7's which are made of all metal that's near impossible to break and along with sheep's leather on the ear cups and headband. Along with that the B&W P7's have tight bass and excellent highs and can be used for symphony music as well as every other genre including hip hop.
B&W uses straight forward packaging and offers an amazing all-leather case and great accessories. With B&W you're paying for the product, not the packaging with a celebrity's face on it.
People do not have to own the Beats to know they are junk. And I'm sure many people that shopped for headphones took the time to listen to them. While they are overly bass heavy and not the best sounding, the biggest problem with Beats is they are just plain overpriced. For the $400 Beats, you're paying more than $300 too much.
Would love to give these a listen. Beats makes stylish headphones, but I have never found them comfortable, and they are obviously more "bassy" than other sets. My Bose QC15's are comfortable as heck, sound pretty good, but ugly as sin. I'm sure the Beats brand (by Apple) will eventually nail all 3 of these.
As a side note, the first 3 pages of every new article seem to be a cesspool of ignorance and stupidity.
As a side note, the first 3 pages of every new article seem to be a cesspool of ignorance and stupidity.
To MR Editors: Esp. since Beats will remain as a separate entity how about creating a separate Beats Blog & not clutter up the main page with new Beats headphone products unless it's groundbreaking. It just seems more as PR/free promotion than actual news or even interesting rumor.